"Reflections of My Life" has produced sales of over two million units. In 1998 the writers were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by the BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the US alone.[6]

In October 2008, "Reflections of My Life" was used as the closing end titles soundtrack to an episode of the American version of the British television drama, Life on Mars. In December 2009, the song was also used at the end of the pilot of the television programme, Men of a Certain Age.

The original recording can be found on "Fine Cuts - The Best Of Marmalade" Salvo MDCD26, 2 cd compilation, and on various earlier releases on Sanctuary Recordscompilations, including Marmalade: The Ultimate Collection,[8] and Rainbow - The Decca Years.[9] It is also available on Rhino Records', Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 2.[10]

The recording took place over three days in October 1969 at Decca Studios 2 and 1 in West Hampstead London with band members Graham Knight on bass, Alan Whitehead on Drums, Pat Fairley acoustic guitar and Junior Campbell keyboards and electric guitars. Dean Ford sang lead vocal and Junior Campbell and Graham Knight on harmony vocals. The added orchestration of brass and strings was orchestrated by Keith Mansfield. "Reflections" was released late October/early November 1969. The Decca staff recording engineers were Bill Price (record producer) and Peter Rynston..

The guitar solo in Reflections of My Life, often referred to as “reverse” guitar solo, was a sixteen “bar” sequence ( termed “measure” in the USA ) featured in the recording by Junior Campbell, the band's lead guitarist.

The song is in the key of G major and the solo was recorded thus:

The first 4 bars were recorded as normal, with Campbell playing a long “G” note, tied over from the last beat of bar 3, through bar 4, with slight feedback sustaining the long note. The eight track tape was then turned over, and Campbell played against the reverse sound of the track, including his initial first four bars ensuring that he played another long “G” near the same point which could be cross-faded against the original – the tape was then turned over to normal setup, and he selected just 4 bars from the reverse recording which are bars 4-7 inclusive –this was cross-faded with the original at bar 4 - he then picked up from bar 8 through to bar 16 as normal, so in fact, only 4 bars are actually “reversed”.

The solo was played on his left-hand Gibson Stereo ES355 using a Sound City stack